HLS 16RS-5072 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 3
BY REPRESENTATIVE GAROFALO
CONSUMERS/PROTECTI ON: Requests the House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to study various aspects of unfair trade practice and consumer protection
laws
1 A STUDY REQUEST
2To the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to study Louisiana's policies relative
3 to standing, measures of damages, and proof requirements for private actions
4 alleging violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and
5 to report its findings to the House of Representatives no later than thirty days prior
6 to the convening of the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
7 WHEREAS, the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law allows private
8plaintiffs to file lawsuits and seek damages for alleged violations; and
9 WHEREAS, the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law does not
10specifically provide that private plaintiffs seeking damages for violations must prove that
11they were misled by a questionable business practice; and
12 WHEREAS, the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law does not limit
13damages in private lawsuits for alleged violations to a plaintiff's monetary loss; and
14 WHEREAS, businesses and consumers are both harmed by unwarranted lawsuits;
15and
16 WHEREAS, unnecessary litigation imposes strain on the Louisiana courts.
17 THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests
18that the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure study Louisiana's policies relative
19to standing, measures of damages, and proof requirements for private actions alleging
20violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and to report its
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1findings to the House of Representatives no later than thirty days prior to the convening of
2the 2017 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HSR 3 Original 2016 Regular Session Garofalo
Requests the House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure to study Louisiana's policies
relative to standing, measures of damages, and proof requirements for private actions
alleging violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law and to report
its findings to the House of Representatives no later than 30 days prior to the convening of
the 2017 R.S.
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